Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Season 2 Soundtrack
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Season 2 | |
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| Show Soundtrack (2026) | |
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| Director | Eric Robles |
| Studio | Netflix / 21 Laps Entertainment / Upside Down Pictures / Flying Bark Productions |
| Release date | 2026-09-17 |
| Genre(s) | Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
| Composer(s) | Brad Breeck |
| Score album | Stranger Things: Tales from '85: Season 2 (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) |
| Record label | Lakeshore Records / Netflix Music |
| Available on | Netflix |
| Cast | Brooklyn Davey Norstedt as Eleven Luca Diaz as Mike Wheeler Braxton Quinney as Dustin Henderson Elisha Williams as Lucas Sinclair Benjamin Plessala as Will Byers Jolie Hoang-Rappaport as Max Mayfield ... e 1 more |
About This Soundtrack
Created by Eric Robles with executive producers Matt and Ross Duffer, Netflix's animated spinoff Stranger Things: Tales from '85 returns for Season 2 with eight new episodes. Set during the winter of 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana, the story follows the core kids as they form the Hawkins Investigators Club to uncover the dark mystery behind strange iridescent flowers and supernatural entities invading their town.
The soundtrack for Stranger Things: Tales from '85 Season 2 is a vibrant tribute to mid-eighties pop, new wave, and post-punk music culture. The official season trailer pulses to New Order's legendary 1983 dance-rock anthem 'Blue Monday', while episodic needle drops feature ABC's sophisti-pop hit 'Poison Arrow', Love and Rockets' atmospheric 'Haunted When the Minutes Drag', Patty Smyth's anthemic 'The Warrior' (feat. Scandal), and Violent Femmes' acoustic favorite 'Good Feeling'.
Tying these licensed classics together is an original instrumental score composed by Gravity Falls veteran Brad Breeck. Breeck's score blends warm vintage analog synthesizers, pulsing bass sequences, and chilling supernatural motifs that evoke the golden age of 1980s fantasy cinema. This guide provides the complete verified tracklist, episode-by-episode song placements, and direct streaming links on Spotify and Apple Music.
Songs by Episodes
đē Episode 1: Episode 1
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TIMESTAMP02:16Haunted When the Minutes Drag by Love and Rockets
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TIMESTAMP13:08Poison Arrow by ABC
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TIMESTAMP17:42Twisted Avenues by Motion Pictures
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TIMESTAMP26:23Haunted When the Minutes Drag by Love and Rockets
đē Episode 2: Episode 2
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TIMESTAMP08:56You're Not Gonna Get It by Epicycle
đē Episode 4: Episode 4
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TIMESTAMP07:24Eye to Eye by Jagged Rocks on the Perimeter
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TIMESTAMP10:18The Warrior by Patty Smyth
đē Episode 5: Episode 5
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TIMESTAMP02:11Would You Stay There by The Xotics
đē Episode 6: Episode 6
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TIMESTAMP09:43Good Feeling by Violent Femmes
đē Episode 8: Episode 8
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TIMESTAMP04:41Let's Ride by Sabre
Songs in Trailer
Exclusive Trailer Music
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Stranger Things: Tales From '85 Season 2 Official Trailer Music
Original Score
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DURATION0:30Million Flowers by Brad Breeck
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DURATION0:49A Second Charlie by Brad Breeck
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DURATION1:43From Eugene's Farm by Brad Breeck
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DURATION1:13Freeze a Ghost by Brad Breeck
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DURATION2:19Goes Through Here by Brad Breeck
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DURATION0:35Location Scout by Brad Breeck
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DURATION2:22The Crystals by Brad Breeck
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DURATION0:49Start with Hello by Brad Breeck
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DURATION3:56Samuel Hawkins Himself by Brad Breeck
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DURATION0:41Not Stars by Brad Breeck
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DURATION1:09Hey Creeps by Brad Breeck
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DURATION1:26Killer Flowers by Brad Breeck
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DURATION1:04Thought You Left by Brad Breeck
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DURATION0:37Evil Pixies by Brad Breeck
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DURATION1:40Scared You Are by Brad Breeck
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DURATION2:36I Need Fear by Brad Breeck
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DURATION4:22In the Dark by Brad Breeck
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DURATION1:56Stickin Around by Brad Breeck
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DURATION0:50Adrenaline by Brad Breeck
About the Composer(s)
Brad Breeck is an acclaimed American composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist celebrated for crafting iconic, genre-defining music for major animated television series. He is best known as the composer of Disney's cult-classic mystery series Gravity Falls, where he wrote the Emmy-nominated theme song and all episodic score cues. Breeck's prolific animation portfolio also includes Cartoon Network's We Bare Bears, Disney's The Owl House, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, and Nickelodeon's Fanboy & Chum Chum. For Netflix's Stranger Things: Tales from '85, Breeck channels authentic vintage 1980s analog synthesizers, drum machines, and orchestral brass, capturing the magical, nostalgic wonder and eerie supernatural tension of the Duffer Brothers' universe.
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Did you know?
- Blue Monday Trailer Anthem: The official trailer for Season 2 is set to 'Blue Monday' by New Order, the best-selling 12-inch single of all time, capturing the high-energy arcade and club aesthetics of 1985.
- Gravity Falls Composer at the Helm: Series composer Brad Breeck famously composed the theme song and score for Disney's Gravity Falls, bringing his signature blend of playful adventure and supernatural mystery to the Stranger Things universe.
- Arcade Culture Needle Drops: Several licensed tracks, including ABC's 'Poison Arrow' and Motion Pictures' 'Twisted Avenues', are diegetically featured playing on the speakers of the Palace Arcade where the kids hang out.
- Original Score Album Release: Brad Breeck's 14-track original score album was released by Netflix Music and Lakeshore Records simultaneously with the season premiere, featuring evocative synth cues like 'Million Flowers' and 'A Second Charlie'.
- Authentic 1985 Chronology: True to the Stranger Things timeline, all licensed songs featured in Season 2 were originally released between 1978 and late 1985, maintaining strict historical accuracy for the winter 1985 setting.
Official Trailer
About the Show
In the second season of Netflix's animated adventure series Stranger Things: Tales From '85, the young Hawkins crew returns to their everyday routines of arcade gaming and bike rides during the snowy winter of 1985. However, as Valentine's Day approaches, an uncanny supernatural phenomenon shatters the town's fragile peace. Strange iridescent flora begins blooming across Hawkins, accompanied by chilling spectral apparitions and a swarm of destructive hate sprites.
Banding together once again as the Hawkins Investigators Club, Eleven, Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, Max, and their inventive friend Nikki embark on an unauthorized investigation. Their search leads them deep into a long-abandoned Hawkins mine, where they discover an encroaching subterranean ecosystem threatening to rip open a catastrophic new gateway to the Upside Down.
Executive produced by Matt and Ross Duffer alongside series creator Eric Robles, the animated spinoff blends classic Saturday-morning nostalgia with the atmospheric dread of mid-eighties sci-fi horror. The soundtrack anchors this retro charm with needle drops from iconic eighties bands like New Order, ABC, Violent Femmes, and Love and Rockets, tied together by Brad Breeck's evocative analog synth score.
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